Public Safety

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit made the following arrests last week. The suspects and their charges, which are taken directly from arrest reports and citations, are:

LELAND—A major heroin trafficking ring in Leland has been shut down after law enforcement officers arrested four men they say were involved.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit, Leland police officers and New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office drug enforcement agents ended a lengthy, multi-agency investigation with a search warrant at a Leland residence last Tuesday.

Three suspects were arrested at the Leland home; Wilmington police arrested the fourth suspect three days later in Wilmington.

Officers with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Enforcement Team answered 35 calls last week, issued two uniformed citations and eight total charges. Officers conducted two driver’s license checkpoints, and made one drug arrest.

Shallotte police charged the following people and investigated the following incidents last week. All information is taken directly from police reports.

•Steven Allen Steen II, 18, of Pinecrest Drive, Fayetteville, charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia and larceny of merchandise in the Kangaroo parking lot.

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit made the following arrests last week. The suspects and their charges, which are taken directly from arrest reports and citations, are:

•Bennie Lee James III, 30, of 7743 Jermonts Way, Leland; charged with possession of ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

•Anthony Devon Jamison, 17, of 12 Stoney Road, Castle Hayne; charged with possession of ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A Leland teen is facing multiple charges, including stealing and wrecking two cars, one of which was a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle.

Seventeen-year-old Dustin Matthew Jordan, of 1350 Colon Mintz Road, has been charged with felony larceny of a motor vehicle, felony hit and run, failure to stop, no operator’s license, reckless driving to endanger, failure to report and accident, driving while impaired, drive after consuming being less than 21 years old and two counts of felony serious injury by a vehicle.